CHAPTER VI.Of Numa Pompilius.To return to the law-givers, there were none who, having attributed their laws to Divinity, did not endeavor to encourage the belief that they themselves were more than human.Numa, having tasted the delights of solitude, did not wish to leave it for the throne ofRome, but being forced by public acclamation, he profited by the devotion of the Romans. He informed them that he had talked with God, and if they desired him for King they must observe the Divine laws and institutions which had been dictated to him by the nymphEgeria.1Alexander wished to be considered a son ofJupiter.Perseuspretended to be a son of the same God and the virginDanae; Plato, ofApollo, and a virgin, which, perhaps, is the cause of the belief among the Egyptians that theSpirit of GodΛνεὗρα Πσεᾶγ2could get a woman with child as the wind did the Iberian mares.31It is recorded by Livy (liber II., c. 21,) that there is a grove through which flowed a perennial stream, taking its origin in a dark cave, in which Numa was accustomed to meet the goddess, and to receive instructions as to his political and religious institutions.↑2Breath or inspiration of the Gods.↑3The Tartars assert that Genghis Khan was born of a virgin, and that Foh, according to the Chinese belief, derived his origin from a virgin rendered pregnant by the rays of the sun.Since the introduction of the umbrella or sun-shade into the Central Flowery Kingdom occurrences like the latter have been infrequent.↑
CHAPTER VI.Of Numa Pompilius.To return to the law-givers, there were none who, having attributed their laws to Divinity, did not endeavor to encourage the belief that they themselves were more than human.Numa, having tasted the delights of solitude, did not wish to leave it for the throne ofRome, but being forced by public acclamation, he profited by the devotion of the Romans. He informed them that he had talked with God, and if they desired him for King they must observe the Divine laws and institutions which had been dictated to him by the nymphEgeria.1Alexander wished to be considered a son ofJupiter.Perseuspretended to be a son of the same God and the virginDanae; Plato, ofApollo, and a virgin, which, perhaps, is the cause of the belief among the Egyptians that theSpirit of GodΛνεὗρα Πσεᾶγ2could get a woman with child as the wind did the Iberian mares.31It is recorded by Livy (liber II., c. 21,) that there is a grove through which flowed a perennial stream, taking its origin in a dark cave, in which Numa was accustomed to meet the goddess, and to receive instructions as to his political and religious institutions.↑2Breath or inspiration of the Gods.↑3The Tartars assert that Genghis Khan was born of a virgin, and that Foh, according to the Chinese belief, derived his origin from a virgin rendered pregnant by the rays of the sun.Since the introduction of the umbrella or sun-shade into the Central Flowery Kingdom occurrences like the latter have been infrequent.↑
CHAPTER VI.Of Numa Pompilius.
To return to the law-givers, there were none who, having attributed their laws to Divinity, did not endeavor to encourage the belief that they themselves were more than human.Numa, having tasted the delights of solitude, did not wish to leave it for the throne ofRome, but being forced by public acclamation, he profited by the devotion of the Romans. He informed them that he had talked with God, and if they desired him for King they must observe the Divine laws and institutions which had been dictated to him by the nymphEgeria.1Alexander wished to be considered a son ofJupiter.Perseuspretended to be a son of the same God and the virginDanae; Plato, ofApollo, and a virgin, which, perhaps, is the cause of the belief among the Egyptians that theSpirit of GodΛνεὗρα Πσεᾶγ2could get a woman with child as the wind did the Iberian mares.3
To return to the law-givers, there were none who, having attributed their laws to Divinity, did not endeavor to encourage the belief that they themselves were more than human.
Numa, having tasted the delights of solitude, did not wish to leave it for the throne ofRome, but being forced by public acclamation, he profited by the devotion of the Romans. He informed them that he had talked with God, and if they desired him for King they must observe the Divine laws and institutions which had been dictated to him by the nymphEgeria.1
Alexander wished to be considered a son ofJupiter.Perseuspretended to be a son of the same God and the virginDanae; Plato, ofApollo, and a virgin, which, perhaps, is the cause of the belief among the Egyptians that theSpirit of GodΛνεὗρα Πσεᾶγ2could get a woman with child as the wind did the Iberian mares.3
1It is recorded by Livy (liber II., c. 21,) that there is a grove through which flowed a perennial stream, taking its origin in a dark cave, in which Numa was accustomed to meet the goddess, and to receive instructions as to his political and religious institutions.↑2Breath or inspiration of the Gods.↑3The Tartars assert that Genghis Khan was born of a virgin, and that Foh, according to the Chinese belief, derived his origin from a virgin rendered pregnant by the rays of the sun.Since the introduction of the umbrella or sun-shade into the Central Flowery Kingdom occurrences like the latter have been infrequent.↑
1It is recorded by Livy (liber II., c. 21,) that there is a grove through which flowed a perennial stream, taking its origin in a dark cave, in which Numa was accustomed to meet the goddess, and to receive instructions as to his political and religious institutions.↑
2Breath or inspiration of the Gods.↑
3The Tartars assert that Genghis Khan was born of a virgin, and that Foh, according to the Chinese belief, derived his origin from a virgin rendered pregnant by the rays of the sun.
Since the introduction of the umbrella or sun-shade into the Central Flowery Kingdom occurrences like the latter have been infrequent.↑